The Ghost of Granleigh (1913)

USA, 1913
11m, 1000 feet
35mm film, black and white, 1.33:1

An American fantasy film directed by J. Searle Dawley

Plot Summary

A man murders his neglected wife when she tries to run away with someone else and her lover then kills him. Four hundred years later, John Newcomb is also neglecting his wife Ann and the ghost of the lover comes to haunt him to make him see the error of his ways.

Credits

Crew
Directed by: J.Searle Dawley
Edison Company
Scenario: Bannister Merwin

Cast
Ben F. Wilson (John Newcomb)
Laura Sawyer (Amy Newcomb, John’s wife)
Bigelow Cooper (the ghost of Granleigh)
Yale Benner
Augustus Phillips
Herbert Prior
Charles Ogle

References

Periodicals

  • The Bioscope Supplement vol.21 no.370 (13 November 1913) p.v – review

Books

  • Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.161